Daily Republican., 1887-09-28
STRANGE MEDICINES.

The Northum brian cure for vsrts \,
70 take large snail, rub the wart we'll
WIN IL ana then impale she snail on 0
morn hedge. AZ the creature wastes
away the warts will surely disappear.
10 the west OF England cells blood
serves the same purpose. For golfer or
ven, the hand OF dead child must be
rubbed acio the lump; or, still better,
the hand OF q suicide may bs substi.
tuted.
In the vicinity Of STAN fordham in
northumberland, whooping cough 10
cured By putting the head OF . live
front into the patients mouth and let.
ting the trout breathe into the lstp :,
Or elee hairy caterpillar is put ito .
small bag and tied around y a oh,ld,s
neck. The cough oeases a the in.sc,
dies. Another cure for ~hoopine oou III
u offerings Of hair :, In sand srlssd dc
crown OF the Lead u shaved and tbs
nair huno dpon brush or tree, with
she fu... faith that - the birds carry
a~sy the hair, 30 will the cough van.
ish.
In Lincolnshire girl suffering from
the ague cuts . lock Of her hair and
binds 1t around an aspen tree, prayin q
the latter 10 shake In her etead. 10
Roesshire, where living cooks are still
occasionally buried 80 . ssoriHcial
remedy for epilepsy, some OF the hair
| OF the patient is generally added to the
| Offering. At least one holy we'll In
ireland (thAt of Tubber GUAM rtquirer
an offering Of hair from sll Christian
pilgrims who como here on the las,
three Sundays In June 70 worship st.
Guam. As charm against loothache,
II 10 necessary to 60 thrice around q
| neiRhboring tree on the bare knees and
| then cIt Of lock Of hair And tie 1t to q
branch. The tree thus fringed with
human hair Of all colors 10 4 curious
sight and m object Of ,eec vsperstiou.
The remedy for tooihAche at Tavis.
tcck, In Devonehire, is to bite tooth
from skull In the churcbysrd and
keep IL always In the pocket.
Spiders ara largely concerned In the
cure OF ague. In Ireland tho sufferer Ia
ad vised to swallow living spider. In
Somerset and the neighborlng counties
he 10 TO shut large bisck spider in d
boz and leave it 10 perish. Even 10
New England, a lingering faith In the
su perstitions Of the mother country
leads to the manufacture OF spider wei
pills for the cure OF ague.
In Devonshire, the approved treat
ment for tcroiula is to dry the hind lee
Of . toad aud wear 1t round the neck II
. silk bag; or elge TO out of that part o.
The living reptile thAt answers to tht
part affe cted, aud having wrapped tht
fragment In parchment, TO tie 10 rount
the sufferers neck. In the tame county
the "wise mans" remedy for rheuma
tism 10 TO burn toad to ashes and I'll
the dust tn Q bit of silk to be worl
round the throat. Toads are made {,
do service In divers manners In Corn
wall and Northampton for the cure o
ooee Needing and quincy; while ''toat
powder" or even o live toad or spider
shut up In . box, is still In some place
accounted ns useful . charm agAips
ooptagion As It was in the DAYS of 81
Kcpelm Digby. The old smallpox an,
dropsy remedy, known % pulvis r shio
picus, was nothing more NOR less thai
powdered toad,
Frogs, too, are copeidered remedia
Thus, frogs spawn placed In n ston
jar and buried for tsree months till
turn TO water has been considered won
derfally eficActous in Donegal, whel
we'll rubbed into rheumstic limb. /
4Aber,i eenshire, . cure for sore eyes is
lick the eyes Of live frog A man thu
healed has thenceforth the power c
curing ell sore eyes by licking them
In like manner, In Iceland, 1t Is b
lieved that the tongue that has licked
lizard all over will be forever endo We
with the power Of healing whatever sor
or pain IL touohes.
In some OF the BebrideAn Isles, noti
bly, that Of Lswis, the greatest fait
prevails in the efficacy OF periorate
water-worn stones, called "snah
stones" These are dipped into waite
which 10 then given to cattle as cul
for swelling or for snake bite. Ii u
stone 10 unattainable, the head OF Q
adder dipped In the water gives q
equally good result.
In Dsvonshire any person bitten by
viper is advised to kill the creature
once and rub the wound with Its fat.
10 said that this practice has survive
: In some portions of the United State
where phe flesh of the rattiesnake Ia O
I counted the best cure for Its own bit
| Black, In his Folk Medicine" stat
that the belief in the power OF snail
! akin ~ n cure for rheumat atism still e,
lists In New England Such q belief
probsbly direct heritage from Bl
tAin.
In Durham an eels skin, worn as
garter rouad the max ed leg. is conside
ed . preventive Of .csamp, while
Northumberland 1t Ia esteem.d d the be
bandage for sprained limb.